Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-12
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
WRECK ON THE NEWPORT NEWS
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, NEAR
GREENWOOD.
From the stannton Spectator. |

From the Stanton Spectator.
An appalling accident occurred
to the eastern.bound Cincinnati
Express train as 1t neared Green
wood Station, Thursday afternoon.
the ith instant. The ladies' car
was thrown from the track aud
fearful wreck followed. 1t rolled
down an embankment of about
twenty-five feet lodging against
trees. Neither the engine or bag
gage car left the track. The two
sleepers in rear Of the ladies' car
flew of the track, but were not
wrecked. The accident occurred
about eighteen miles west of Char
lOttesvllle. AS quickly as possible
information was communicated, and
Mr.. Henry Wickham, Attorney for
the road being in Charlottesville,
he procured surgeons and left on a
relief train. In the meantime DIR.
NJ. l.. McCue, of Greenwood, i'm
mediately proceeded to the wreck
and ministered to the sufferers.
Following is a list of the killed
and wounded as copied from the
special telegram in the Dispatch Of
the 9TH Instant
Z. L. Curtis, Of Stanton, left
oar ont considerable shock and
hemorrhage.
Rev. J. Il. Timberlake, right
shoulder fractured.
August knapp, of Baltimore, lip
badly cut.
Mr.. VI. Cohen, of Richmond, Va,
very badly shocked and perhaps
internally injured.
Francis Mash, of Brooklyn, n.
Y, spinal and internal INJURIES
His wife is smartly shocked, but
suffered no external injuries.
William Cornwall, of Louisville,
Ky, perhaps internally injured,
Mrs. j. L. O'Nell, not seriously
injured.
A child received two little
scratches.
f. ID. Starke, of Richmond, Va,
slightly cut on the shoulder and
bruised.
HI Walcott, of Kentucky, a
small cut on the chin and some
what bruised.
Miss A. Martin, Of Augusta,
right forearm broken.
Mrs. Rasthchild, of Kentucky,
considerably shocked and right
knee sprained.
W. Carter Taylor, of Philadel-
phla, some concessions. but not
otherwise injured.
Baggage-Master B. W. Pettway,
of Richmond, was instantly killed
in jumping from the train. lie fell
IN the midst Of the wreck. and his
head was severed from his body
Mr.. Pettway leaves family. His
wife was appraised Of his shocking
death few hours after it occurred.
OF the wounded there were three
from RichmOnd-viz: Ed. Starke,
cut on the shoulder and band-not
seriously hurt; Mr.. Cohen, inter
nally hurt and in good condition /;
Mrs. Walker, bruised about the
head and cut on the eyes, but not
seriously hurt.
Capt. +. l.. Curtis was taken to
the Hale House, in Stanton. on
the forenoon of the 9TH instant,
where he received every attention
which medical skill and friends
could render, but continued to sink
under the terrible blows he had
received. and died at 1910 a. M,
Sunday, the 7thinstant. in the G3rd
year OF his age. His sister,
Madame DemOrest, of New York ,
was with their mother at the time,
and she was informed of the con-
dition of her brother. She reached
Stanton Sunday at midnight,
after his death.
The deceased leaves small
family, a wife and a son married,
in deep sorrow from the sudden
and crushing aillictiOn which has
visited them. They have the sim
cere sympathy Of the comm unity
in their bereavement.